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Senator Murray Statement on Meeting with Education Secretary Nominee Betsy DeVos
Senator Patty Murray ^ | Jan 04 2017 | Senator Patty Murray

Posted on 01/05/2017 4:25:00 PM PST by mdittmar

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To: LostInBayport

Wasn’t there an informal survey done for several years starting back in the mid-90’s where aides, clerks, interns and others who dealt with Congress about who was the dumbest person in Congress? If I remember correctly, Patty Murray and Barbara Boxer ran neck and neck and bounced between #1 and #2 for years. Just something to think about.
But she did take Paul Ryan for a ride a few back. Maybe he rates right up there close to her and Boxer. Life is fickle.


21 posted on 01/05/2017 7:12:10 PM PST by rustyboots
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There is an old saw in the Senate: "It's the dumbest senators who need the best staffs." The staffs of Patty Murray, Barbara Mikulski and Ted Kennedy were long regarded as the best in the game.
22 posted on 01/05/2017 7:13:45 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: Ray76

An lower federal taxes which currently are collected for education. Tell the states, it’s your ball game. I don’t even think the feds should put in vouchers or do anything (except return them to DC) because it is a 10th amendment issue.


23 posted on 01/05/2017 7:15:14 PM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: mdittmar

Patty Murry was voted dumbest Senator two or three years in a row, and as since been edged out by Maxine Waters.

there are 24 agencies in DC dedicated to Education, none of which have accomplished their stated objectives.


24 posted on 01/05/2017 7:33:13 PM PST by stubernx98 (cranky, but reasonable)
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Maxine is not a senator.


25 posted on 01/05/2017 7:36:57 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: Publius

I would have to agree with that. Three bitter dummies with the best staffs, makes sense.


26 posted on 01/05/2017 7:43:45 PM PST by rustyboots
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To: Publius

Maxine is not a senator.
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Maybe it was a contest for all of Congress. They didn’t put Hank Johnson on the ballot?


27 posted on 01/05/2017 9:02:03 PM PST by o-n-money (We should rename California to Newer Mexico.)
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To: mdittmar

“to privatize and defund public education.” Excellent goals. Only a selfish politician can reject those two goals.


28 posted on 01/05/2017 11:41:13 PM PST by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
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Public schools’ usefulness has passed. We owe our nation’s children better.


29 posted on 01/06/2017 5:37:56 AM PST by jch10 (President Trump, President Trump, President Trump! I just love saying that!)
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